Lavatory attachment.



A. J. PUDMORE.

LAVATORY ATTACHMENT} APPLICATION rnnn mm: 25, 1908.

Patented Jan. 17,1911.

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A TTORIIEI UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. PODMORE, 0F CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF '10THOMAS MUNROE DOBBINS, OF PHILADELPHIA,'PENNSYLVANIA.

LAVATORY ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Application filed June 25, 1908. Serial No. 440,241.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. PoDMoRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Lavatory Attachment, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to lavatory attachments.

My object is to provide improved means for securing a hinged body to alavatory device, especially to lavatory devices not originally made withsuitable provisions for connecting the hinged seat and lid directlythereto. For example, a majority of the water closet bowls as now made,are pro vided witlrapertured lugs as a part of the integral portion andstructure for receiving the posts which form part of the hinged elementsfor connecting the seat and lid directly with said bowl. Formerly thesebowls were not provided with such lugs but a wooden surroundingstructure or other adjacent structure was provided for securing the lidhinges thereto. Since the open plumbing has now become so generally invogue, such inclosing structures have become more and more unpopular,and these old bowls without means for securing the seats and lidsthereto have become difiicult to dispose of, and factories having alarge stock of these devices on hand are unable to realize on the same,I have found by the employment of a simple device in connection with themeans for connecting the water supply that I can equip these" closetswith the regular stock seats and lids employed with open work plumbing.

Referring to the drawings z Figure 1 is a vertical section showing mydevice and a portion of the bowl of the closet. Fig. 2 is an elevationof same. Fig. 3 is a perspective of one form of attachment member. Fig.4 is a perspective of another form showing hinge elements connecteddirectlytherewith. Fig. 5 is a perspective of a portion of anotherformwith the post and hinge elements connected therewith.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Fig. 1, the bowl of the closet is provided at its watersupply inlet with a tapered recess 6 in which a nozzle or spud 7 issecured by means of a gasket 8 and a nut 9 threaded on said spud 7. Thisis a common well known structure.

Between the nut 9 and the flat face 10 of the lug 11 of the basin 12against which face 10 the nut 9 is normally adapted to engage, I insertthe lower extension 13 of member 1 1 as shown in Fig. 4:. Or in astructure such as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, I insert the spud through theaperture 15 before threading the nut 6 on said spud. By screwing the nutdown tight on the member 14: the same is firmly held in place in anydesired position. This member 14 may be provided with a horizontalextension at right angles with the vertical portion 13, provided withthe screw holds 16 through which screws are inserted to engage themember 17 to which are secured the hingeslS and 19 for the seat 20 andlid 21 respectively; this being one form of stock seat and lid.

In Fig. 1, I show the member 1 1 provided with upwardly extending lugsat either end in which are horizontal apertures 22 for receiving the pin23 of the hinge elements 2 1 and 25 of the seat and lid respectively. InFig. 5, I show the member 14: provided with a horizontal lug 26 at itsend in which is a vertical aperture not shown through which is boltedthe post 27 connected with the hinge elements 24. and 25 respectively.The form shown in Fig. 5 is adapted to receive the seat and lid withhinge and post connections complete which are already in stock andadapted to engage with the apertured lugs of the modern basin abovereferred to. It will therefore be evident that the member let of theform shown in Fig. 5, will adapt the old form of basin to be equipped,without further mechanism, with the stock seat and lid now in commonuse. It will also be obvious that the method of connecting this memberto the basin is extremely simple, and that the member itself is adaptedto be made from a single piece of metal, and is consequentlyinexpensive. The nozzle, or thread,

ed plpe 7, is commonly known in the trade as a spud, and is referred toin the claims to designate this part, or any analogous means forconnecting the water supply with the basin.

It will be noted that gasket 8 which surrounds spud 7 lies against theflange at the inner end of said spud. This gasket 8 lies entirely withinthe tapered inlet 6. The gasket has a substantial portion of its bodyextending beyond the periphery of the flange on the spud. This holds thespud well away from the walls of the inlet and permits play between spudand bowl to take up jars and shocks due to the operating of the seat.

It is obvious that this device may be applied to securing a seat or alid as may be desired. I therefore refer to seat or lid as a body,meaning to include either by this term, and I refer to the water closetbasin 2. In combination with a water closetbowl of earthenware or thelike, having a tapered flushing inlet, a spud connected therewith, agasket between the spud and the walls of the tapered inlet, a nutthreaded on said .spud outside the tapered inlet, a member secured bysaid nutand a body having a hinged relation with saidmember.

In combination with a water closet bowl of earthern ware or the like,having a tapered flushing inlet, a longitudinally movable spud insertedtherein, a gasket between the spud and the walls of the .tapered inlet,a covering for the bowl, a member, connected with the covering,interposed between the outer end of the tapered inlet and the outer endof the spud, and means for forcing said member inwardly toward the outerend of the tapered inlet, and for moving the spud outwardly to cause thegasket to -engage the tapered sides of the inlet.

4. In combination with a water closet bowl of earthenware or the like,having a tapered flushing inlet, a longitudinally movable spud having aflange at its inner ,end, inserted in said inlet,-a gasket-between thespud and the tapered walls of the inlet and between the flange and theouter end of said inlet, a nut threaded on the spud, a

covering for the bowl, and a member, connected with said covering,interposed between the outer end of the inle and th nut. 5. Incombination with a water closet bowl of earthenware or the like, havingan annular tapered recess within its flushing inlet, a longitudinallymovable spud, having a flange at its inner end, extending into saidrecess, a gasket encircling the spud between the flange and the outerend of the ta ered recess and interposed between said spu and the wallsof said recess, a member, between the outer end of the spud and theouter end of the tapered recess, having an aperture to accommodate saidspud, a seat or lid connected with said apertured member, and a clampingnut threaded on the spud outside said member.

6. In combination with a water closet bowl of earthenware or the like,having an annular tapered recess within its flushing inlet, said recessprovided at its inner end with an inwardly extending shoulder, alongitudinally movable threaded spud, havinga flange at its inner end,extending into said recess, a gasket encircling the spud between theflange and the mouth of the tapered recess and interposed between saidspud and the walls of said recess, a member between the outer end of thespud and the mouth of the tapered recess, having an aperture to.accommodate said spud, a covering for the bowl connected with saidapertured member,

and a clamping n-ut threaded on the spud outside said member.

7,. In combination with a Water closet bowl ,of earthenware or the likehaving a hinged covering and an outwardly tapering flushing inlet, aflanged spud and a nut threaded thereon, a member, connected with thecovering, supported by the spud outside the bowl and held in place bythe nut, and a gasket surrounding the spud acent its flange and entirelywithin the tapered inlet, and having a substantial body extending beyondthe periphery of the flange to maintain the spud well away from thewalls of the tapered inlet and to permit play between the spud and thebowl.

ARTHUR J. PODM-ORE.

Witnesses:

HOE-MANN. HOWARD S. 01cm.

